Auditorium-chair



R. G. TRUCKSESS.

AUDITORIUM CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5, 1920.

Patented June 22, 1920.

PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT GOTWALS TRUCKSESS, OF MILLERSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

AUDITORIUM-CHAIR.

Application filed February 5, 1920.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT GoTwALs TnUcKsEss, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Millersville, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Auditorium-Chairs, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in auditorium chairs and the primary object of the invention is to provide chairs which are formed and related so as to obviate the necessity of the occupants rising when a patron desires to pass in order to reach an unoccupied chair or in leaving a chair just occupied, so as to thus eliminate the familiar inconveniences to which the seated patrons are subjected.

The invention is particularly designed for use in motion picture theaters, and the like and aims to provide a construction of chairs so that'the seated patron is merely required to move or turn approximately 45 while remaining seated so as to allow a standing patron to easily pass without inconvenience to either.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view showing a number of my improved auditorium seats arranged in a row so as to permit an occupant to move his legs to one side without rising from the seat for the purpose of affording a clear passage way in front of the row of seats, and

Fig. 2 is a vertical "sectional view taken on line 2-2, Fig. 1.

In proceeding in accordance with the present invention. the chair seat 1, is cut away on a diagonal or inclined line 2 at the left front corner of the chair seat, the ends of the cut being rounded and smoothed so as to afford no inconvenience to the occupant.

The right front corner of the chair seat is also cut away on a line 3 of substantially a compound curve formation, so that as depicted'in the drawings. the cutaway parts of two adjacent chairs will confront one another and cooperate to jointly form relatively considerable space at the fronts of Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 356,533.

and between adjacent chairs. The lobe-like projection 4 resultant from the cutaway part 3 is rounded and smoothed at its ends so as to afford no discomfort to the occupant.

From the foregoing itwill be apparent that when a patron desires to pass, the occupant or occupants of the chairs are merely required to turn approximately 45 to the left. This causes the left leg and knee to enter the cutaway part along line 3 and the right leg and knee to lie adjacentthe left leg and in and opposite to the space afforded by the cutaway part on the line 2.

Thus both legs are brought to a position rearwardly of the front line or end of the seat and between two adjacent seats so as to permit the ready passing of a patron.

The standard form of chair arms will not be required to be altered or modified since the latter as customarily constructed will permit the knees being moved freely therebeneath.

The dimensions of the cutaway parts may vary according to the area of the chair seats, and further, the exact character or shape of the cutaway parts may be varied without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.

What is claimed is 1. An auditorium chair the seat of which has each of its front corners cut away, one on a diagonal line and the other on a substant-ially compound curve line, whereby, when placed in a row, the adjacent cutaway portions of adjoining seats will cooperate to form leg receiving spaces into which the legs of the occupant may be turned to afford a clear passage way in front of the seats.

2. An auditorium chair the seat portion of which has one of its corners'cut away on a substantially compound curve line, as shown, whereby, when placed in a row, leg receiving spaces are provided between adjoining chairs into which the legs of the occupant may be moved to provide a clear passage way in front of the seats.

3. An auditorium chair the seat portion of which has one of its corners cut away on an inwardly extending substantially curved Patented June 22, 1920.

line, whereby, when placed in a row, leg In testimony whereof 1 hereunto afiix my recelvlng spaces are afforded between and slgnature 1n the presence of two wltnesse's.

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vide a clear passage Way 1n front of the H. EDGAR SnERTs, seats. NELLIE C. SHAY. 

